I’ll be 90 in July. I have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes for the last several years, so 6 months ago I started the carnivore diet (I love donuts) and quit sugar and carbs cold turkey. Now it's beef, butter, bacon, and eggs only and I lost 35 pounds and am no longer pre-diabetic.
@@Cervin_Suisse Nothing. He indicated that everything was fine, but suggested that I should take a statin since my cholesterol was high, and I refused to take the statin. That was when I changed doctors and started on the carnivore diet and straightened out my health. A1C is excellent, glucose is down, HDl is excellent, Triglycerides down and good Cholesterol high, and Ldl high. Cholesterol doesn’t mean a damn thing so I’m happy.
Don’t even get me started on the donuts you just mentioned. I failed 9 different days within the last 2 months off the carnivore diet, and everytime (Including today) it’s a donut binge 😂. I ate 6 in 10 minutes just a few hours ago
69 years old and have been carnivore for 4 years. I have never felt better and I do believe that if I had found this lifestyle 20 to 30 years ago I would not have had my heart attack.
Today I am 66 years old and feel in very good shape. I weigh only 1 kg more today compared to 1980 when I did my military service as a reconnaissance platoon commander. In 2009 I came into contact with something that seemed really weird low carb high fat diet. Oh no, it must be life-threatening was my thought. But then I read some new books and realized that the key to this was to be at a low insulin level. I do experiments with my own body. I try and oh what a difference it was. I became more alert and for exampel my dry feet became baby's soft etc. If I can see this on the outside, how should it not be on the inside. Today, after 15 years where I have learned more and more every day, I will never start with a diet that gives me a lot of carbohydrates. I try to stick to about 50 gr a day. Preferably not anymore but it happens once in a while. I really wish that all people could understand how good it is for health. Your regular doctor does not do much for your health, but it is entirely up to you to become your own expert. And it's easy as there is so much knowledge to seek. I'm aiming to live fully to at least 100 years old and then I'm going to have a great party with rock 'n roll and I'm going to dance all night. Best regards from Torbjörn from Sweden.
I have cut 75% of sugar, 25% of more complex carbs. However, I still get drawn to doughnut, so I just can't buy them. When my will power fails, I can eat 3 to 6 in 1/2 a day, even if I had not eaten any over a couple months. I even froze a dozen donuts thinking it would force me to defrost them first and a dozen could last 12 days, one per day. Wrong, frozen donuts are almost as good and had no effect on consumption. Best option - Avoid temptation and don't buy.
@edl653 Ah yes, the ways we try to fool ourselves and try to trick ourselves into compliance! I believe I am with you my dear friend. I tried that and been there, and yes, no it does not work. I agree with you, don't bring them into your house.
I watched my father die of a heart attack at the age of 13!! My brother and sister watched it too, 11 and 6. My dad was 39 and passed 12 days before his 40th! He was 5'8", 136lbs and had a six pack! This was in 1975 so his family thought we killed him. Please think of what it would do to the people who love you if you were to pass or pass in front of them. At work, several people will bring in dozens of donuts every Saturdays. I walk right past them!! Sugar feeds cancer, oxygen starves it! Sugar is bad all around. Please think of your loved ones. Please do better. God Bless.
Sugar and specifically 50+ carbs/day ,is the bullet in the gun when it comes to plaque formation & vessel blockage. Secondarily avoid seed oils helps with reducing inflammation.
Complete nonsense. Sugar doesn't clog you up, are you insane? Healthy blood sugar does nothing to your arteries. High blood pressure, high systemic inflammation and high cholesterol will clog you up. People who eat a sh%t ton of carbs and a low fat diet have the healthiest arteries. Mixing sugar and fat will for sure get you in trouble. But that doesn't mean its sugars fault, its because it creates and unhealthy metabolic environment that leads to inflammation.
I was normal weight to start but lost any excess, slowly and yes my skin is better than it was and all puffiness gone. Maybe the OP will answer back. I’m interested in their results too
@@EpilepticSpudmonkey I'm not kidding myself. It depends on how much you burn through physical activity. What sugar I am producing is intentional, to trigger some insulin at a particular time of day. People who weight train claim this works, and it has certainly worked for me.
You are correct but its more complicated. If you have high LDL AND over consume sugar the LDL gets oxidised and glycated (damaged) from the excess sugar and THAT damages the vessel walls. Proteins get damaged too and also cause damage. The science is getting there but they are not there quite yet - but I think very close.
One very interesting snippet shown briefly (in the Harvard info), that you don’t often hear about, is that HDL is part of the process for removing cholesterol from the plaques. Get your HDL up folks!
" that HDL is part of the process for removing cholesterol from the plaques" That is one interpretation however I'm not really sure if it is really the point. What seems to be much more important is that a high HDL is a marker of "fat burning". Which also means it is a marker of o good mitochondrial health and insulin sensitivity and THAT is really what matters... Lipids are just markers of insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial health - the lack of which is the primary cause of atherosclerosis and NOT the lipids...
@danteburritar2822, yet this what the European Society of Cardiology 2019 Guidelines have to say about HDL. I quote the entire section for your reference but give you the short summary: CAUSALITY (not just association which can be attributed to other factors) between higher levels of HDL and reduced risk of cardiac events has never been proven. " 5.3.3 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk of atherosclerosis: The inverse association between plasma HDL-C and the risk of ASCVD is among the most consistent and reproducible associations in observational epidemiology. Incontrast, Mendelian randomization studies do not provide compellinge vidence that HDL-C is causally associated with the risk of ASCVD. However, this evidence must be interpreted with caution because most genetic variant sassociated with HDL-C are also associated with directionally opposite changes inTGs, LDL-C, or both, thus making estimates of the effect of HDL-C on the risk of ASCVD very difficult using the Mendelian randomization study design. Furthermore, there is no evidence from randomized trials that therapeutically increasing plasma HDL-C reduces the risk of CV events. In the Effects of Dalcetrapib in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (dal-OUTCOMES) trial, treatment with the cholesteryl ester transfer protein(CETP) inhibitor dalcetrapib increased HDL-C without any effect on LDL-C or ApoB, but did not reduce the risk of major CV events. Similarly, in the Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition with Evacetrapib in Patients at a High-Riskfor Vascular Outcomes(ACCELERATE) and Randomized Evaluationof the Effects of Anacetrapib Through Lipid Modification (REVEAL) trials, treatment with CETP inhibitors more than doubled HDL-Clevels, but did not appear to reduce the risk of ASCVD events beyond that expected from the modest reductions in ApB levels. Furthermore, several randomized trials have shown that directly infused HDL mimetics increase plasma HDL-C concentrations, but do not reduce the progression of atherosclerosis as measured by intravascular ultrasound. Therefore, there is currently no randomized trial or genetic evidence to suggest that raising plasma HDL-C is likely to reduce the risk of ASCVD events. Whether therapies that alter the function of HDL particles will reduce the risk of ASCVD is unknown." * source: doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz455, 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk.
@@btudrus Interesting insight. I'm new to all this stuff. I try to learn as much as I can. Where would you put ''high HDL'' at (in mg or mmol)? Also, what's your take on LDL? Worried if they're too high?
Dr. Brewer, thank you so much for not retiring! You information is credible given your medical background and you are providing critically needed knowledge that few are doing today! I love your videos!!!
Thank you Doctor Brewer for this. This may explain why I have clean and clear arteries in my late 60's despite my life long crummy lipid profile. I don't eat sweets and have never added sugar. I don't think I have ever purchased sugar at the grocery store.
@@anniematthew2608You are right sugar is in just about everything, Therefore I rarely buy packaged foods. We mill our own flour and bake our own bread. Everything is fresh from the produce dept and fresh meat counter. The pasture raised eggs do sit in a carton. The only packaged food would be the wild Alaskan salmon. It's in a sealed bag. We cook at home and avoid restaurants.
@@arnoldfrackenmeyer8157 I feel jealous you make your own bread from scratch . That is great!!! I believe package processed and ultraprocessed food is the poison. I also make my own bread with mixed flour. I wonder how long do you let your dough to ''ferment'' before you bake it?. I also would like to know do you fry your food??? I never fry our food cause I think that high temperature in cooking and heating oils must be another bad and unhealthy habits.
That's great, not buying sugar. I'm sure you know that bread, pasta, potatoes are all sugar. In fact, they start breaking down while in your mouth. They are just complex sugars that take longer to digest. But are sugar none the less. I have read that it is good to always start with your protein food and Then the carb. It will slow the break down of the carb. May I ask how you Know you have clean and clear arteries?
Dr Brewer my story is a mirror of yours, but it is your channel that woke me up to my metabolic dysfunction, My doctors never mentioned my prediabedic HA1C at 5.6-5.7. I am older than you at 72 , Still eating carbs at 67 I had a central retinal artery occlusion that blinded my left eye. After that stroke searching around I found your channel. I lost @ 25 pounds and am 145.#. I am doing HIIT and resistance training , quit sugar and went low carb to lower carbs, Have you seen Dr. Roy Taylor’s diabetes research and know of his Fat tolerance therapy? You and I fit into what he calls a “TOFI” thin outside and fat inside, During his research he wondered why thin people were getting diabetes. He has discovered that different body and genetic s types develop fat differently. By lowering the visceral fat in the thin type 2 diabetic s he reversed their diabetes and insulin resistance. I am not a lean mass hyper responder, but I think I am a ToFI, My LDL did shoot up when I first went low carb , but has stabilized in healthy range.
Mike, I'm curious how long it took your LDL to stabilize and what it was before, then what it was when it shot up and what it is now. I think I'm in the same boat as you
Thank you for sharing your journey!!! I'm a bit surprised you have never mentioned Zone 2 exercise and if I've missed it I apologize. My own experience: i cut back on carbs (still have around 60g/day due to legumes, veggies and whole foods.) I walk 1/2 hour after each meal (or at least trying to) and run zone 2 155 minutes/week. My LDL drops from 230 to 140 (even though I'm not a big believer of total LDL like you pointed out). My HDL went from 56 to 77!!! hba1c is 5.5 (yes I could do better). Trig to hdl ratio is 1.4. I eat lotsa olive & avocado oil 4 eggs/day, avocado, salmon/trout/tuna/sashimi, red meat and mostly chicken. Life is great without sugar!!!
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for sharing your experience on how quitting sugar reversed your arterial plaque. Your story is truly inspiring and serves as a reminder of the power of making healthy choices. 🙏 Your words will undoubtedly encourage others to make positive changes in their own lives.
Did I get this right? Calcification is a defense mechanism to solidify the plaque so is not running rampant through the arteries and either cause a heart attack or if it hits the brain, a stroke.
It's a belief. My belief from a lifetime of study (I'm 70) is that our bodies are Always trying to save us, never trying to kill us. (Cancer is an aberation and plaques don't "run rampant". Our bodies produce all the cholesterol we need. I believe something has already damaged the artery wall (high blood pressure for one thing) and the cholesterol goes there to Patch it. For that action to kill you that would be counter-productive to say the least. Perhaps the same continual attack on the wall causes the plaque to build, there and elsewhere. And maybe, while the plaque is just starting to patch the wall, (like wet plaster) it is hit with the same problem (high B.P?) that then pushes the, as yet unstabilized, plaque off the wall and into the blood stream. Otherwise...your body would be trying to kill itself.
Turning 60 this year. I've been carnivore for 3 years. I train with dumbbells 2-3X per week and sprint 8x120yds 3X per week. I gave up jogging 2 years ago in favor of sprints. I'm in the in the best shape of my life.
Problem I have with statins is they increase insulin resistance. So darn if you do , darn if you don't. I exercise, cut out all process fluids and process foods. Staying almost 98% carnivore. My cac score is high. My HDL is 89, triglycerides 76. Needless to say, I also have high LDL. I am 64, do Sprints and resistance training mainly.
This video has been so helpful, I had a CAC score of 19 and have very high cholesterol, doing a low carb diet and exercising every day but didn’t want to take the statin my doctor recommended, I will now, I’m on 5mg rosuvastatin. Thank you Dr Brewer for putting my mind at rest.
Careful. Dr Ceuws in conversation with Dr brewer disagrees re statin noting its danger and zero relationship to heart attack. Don't know why Ford likes statin.
suggested topic: With statin use in nearly 100m people in usa, my question deals with statins and the brain blood barrier, why does the health industry continue to push statins without hesitation, when patients are reporting brain fog issues, and several medical sources claim statins pass the brain bloodvbarrier in spite of big pharma claims? With dementia trends up, What does the science say? Thank you.
Great topic suggestion! I would love to see it discussed more in the mainstream media. Statins are the biggest money maker in prescription medicine history (soon to be overtaken by GLP-1's) and so the amount of money involved here is staggering. My guess is that has a lot to do with the fact that the whole brain fog and side effect issues are being downplayed. But I'm sure there's more to it than that.
I had a CT calcium score of 475 back in February of this year. Scared me straight!!! I have modified my lifestyle and diet to a point of great relief for my body. No more stiff joints, lost 25 lbs., normalized my blood pressure (readings every morning right out of bed), only whole foods with some dairy, and my doctor still wants to put me on statins. Is this still the protocol for me for life on a medication? Where do I go to get medical evaluation with the understanding you two doctors are open to learning about unheard of new preventative measures? Great shows and glad I found Dr. Brewer on TH-cam last year! Dr. Vega, it's refreshing to see the changes you've made, too. Very obvious! Thank you both for boldly stepping out and speaking up about your findings!
My CAC is 1980 55 years old if I figure it out i'll let you know, they want to to a cath to see what's up, scared the calcium will break. this is so weird. 168 lbs healthy person.
@@titorhoads6496 I’m under 40 with a CAC of 150, and had a cath angiogram to confirm 60% blockage. On a statin, more WFPB / Mediterranean diet now. Still need to get in more strenuous exercise, but I’m already healthy weight, strong swimmer etc. I get another scan in 2 years so feel free to ask in a couple years to see me if my path has worked haha. If it hasn’t then I may try the carnivore approach, but for now that seems risky for my body and situation. Lots of anecdotes to support carnivore, but all the clinical data backs WFPB / Mediterranean as best for the heart and longevity. That and stop eating processed high sugar high fat junk.
I'm 57 and got a CAC score of 600 in Feb 2024. But I had already started a carnivore diet in Aug 2023 (6 months prior to getting the CAC). And like you, the 600 score scared me. I have modified my diet since then and eat only whole foods (meat, eggs, some veg, some nuts, etc). I eat no sugar, processed foods, refined carbs, or starchy veg. Just trying to control inflammation, HBP, insulin resistance, HbA1C, and blood glucose levels at this point. I am taking a statin for now but plan to get off it when I get my metabolic health more under control. Major improvements sinse I started this journey 9 months ago. This is just going to take time. I'm down 45 lbs in 9 months and feel better now then I did 25 yrs ago. Just gotta believe that this new lifestyle is working. Not much else we can do. Try to find an alternative medicine group in your area. Just do some internet searches and ask around. You'll find one. The alternative med groups are much more understanding of lifestyle changes and don't necessarily have to follow corporate guidelines (such as pushing statins, etc.)
@@titorhoads6496 First of all, try to relax. A high CAC score is NOT a death sentence. It's more like a shot across the bow, a wake up call. You absolutely CAN stop the progression with lifestyle and diet changes (mostly diet). I've seen stories from folks with scores higher than yours change their diets and see the progression stopped in its tracks. You can do this! Do you have any symptoms of ischemia? Any heart palpitations or chest pain when you are active? The most recent studies I've seen (the Ischemia Trials: google it) say that putting in stents when there are no physical symptoms does not prolong life and may not be necessary. Stents are most effective when you are actually having a heart event or chest pain. But you should get a CT angiogram with FFR at the very least to determine the extent of your blockages, if you have any. A CAC score will not show that. A heart cath with FFR is the most accurate way to see whats going on in your heart but it does come with risks, albeit low risk (I've heard the risk of heart attack or stroke during a cath is 1:1000). Anyway, do your research and just be confident in your final decision. Like you, my numbers came back very high and it scared me. But now I'm feeling better about my path to control the plaque in my arteries. I mean, what else can we do, right?
I have my own question here.. I'm 42 and I was diagnosed with BPH.. I followed Ken Berry's advice and went carnivore for a year.. I began to feel some relief after about 6-7 months in.. Now I almost urinate without struggle.. Some may say that I am fasting too much and maybe they're right.. I fast 48 hours from Sunday-Tuesday almost every week.. I have dropped quite a bit of weight and now I started to wake up with extreme fatigue.. I didn't know what to do except devour carbs.. Of course when I did this, I felt great... How can I do this without eating carbs? Do I just increase my fat intake tremendously? I'm looking for options.. Great video, btw.. I subscribed.
When I was doing sloppy keto (more like lazy keto), I used to get those intense carb cravings every few days, and it wasn't long before I was at the store buying ice cream. I've been doing strict keto since early this past February, and I started eating 18:6 and taking one tablespoon of MCT oil 3x day. Once my ketones built up to put me into ketosis, and I became fat adapted (it only took a few weeks), my carb cravings disappeared, I slept better, and I had plenty of energy. My fasting glucose dropped from 95 down to the mid-to-upper 70s and my fasting insulin dropped from 5.9 to 2.9. So maybe you should focus on building ketones and becoming fat adapted to see if that helps because, as far as I know, that's the only way to kill those carb cravings.
Also maybe take a few fasting breaks or tey alternating between the longer fast to maybe a a week I. There of fasting 18 or 16 hours for a few days. Play with it some.
I had quit taking baby aspirin, but at age 67, 20 lbs overweight, I reinstated baby aspirin in my regimen, 1 tablet with my sage tea at least a few times a week, after listening to a few of your youtube videos, as very likely I have plaque. I was rejected donating plasma a few years ago as the red blood could not be returned to my veins, so likely I have plaque. I add a trace amount of epsom salt to my boiling water for tea, and added a capsule of Mg L-Threonate lions mane capsule to my Himalayan salt shaker. As I am a little overweight, I also reinstated a capsule of resveratrol, and may add a little red wine to go with it, but do not have any on hand.
Omg, I was a bread addict too and still am (sometimes) but I’m not eating it like I used to. Italian restaurants maybe still problematic to me because they serve this delicious bread and olive oil, but I’m being careful. I don’t fill up on bread anymore. Also, when I was working my 9-5 job I was addicted to DD’s bagels, but once I bought glucose meter and started checking I stopped the bagels too. I may still have one once in a great while but let me tell you it’s so hard to break that bread habit. Was never addicted to donuts but I understand that having one glazed donut is better than having one bagel. Bottom line is that both are bad. Maybe that’s why my CAC is 39🙉
Fantastic show Drs. What a learning curve for me. Thankfully I continue exercising with weights and try to get my heart rate up in the 150s up. I always try to do 10-12 minutes followed with alternating crawling pushups. I will refer to this video for reminders to eating and the correct use of statins. I have never heard of this, quite like this. Thank you Both!
A big huge thank you .!! To dr.Berg cause he made all other doctors as you to cone up and talk. I wanted to talk to my cardiologist about diet and lifestyle. The causes of my problems.. and she wasn't interested at all. I have changed several cardiologists cause they don't see me as human.... Berg vhanged my life. He is my non perfect teacher.. but he made me think my medical condition differently. Low carb keto and fasting are unknown words to most of doctors. Big thank you to Berg and secondly to all other doctors who started sharing knowledge
It’s not hard to become a bread addict, considering that wheat affects our dopamine receptors. - AKA - Bread is your cigarette. Also, seed oils are not food and they are in most breads!
I just want to say that l was eating a low carb , low sugar diet since l was 27 and yet l goy a stroke when l was 66 .the only thing l did not do too much of is exercise. But if l did not eat this type of diet , l would have been dead .
Be wary of statins if you exercise a lot. My 76 yr old neighbor, frequent bicycling was prescribed statins, got off his bike and fainted, breaking his leg...during covid! He has been fortunate to not get sick while in isolation and that his 2 breaks have healed well, but not 100%
The human body is an amazing machine that maintains and repairs itself as long as you can provide the building blocks of nutrition and eliminate the roadblocks of dietary poisons. We are starting to understand what is true nutrition and that food is not necessarily what you find in grocery stores and restaurants.
I haven't given up bread. I changed the bread I eat. Organic Sourdough is my choice. My numbers are good at the doctor. Of course, I don't overindulge and I drink Matcha tea. I like to think it balances everything in my body and I use stevia and monk fruit so my sweet tooth is satisfied in my tea.
Alpha lipoic acid helps to reduce fasting glucose level. I cut sugar and most carbs and took alpha lipoic acid pills and reduced my glucose level from 96 down to 82.
I understand each body is different. For me, if I have zero starch at dinner (I do have some, not much, at breakfast and lunch) eat just meat or fish, veggies and kimchi, I could repeatedly have fasting glucose in the high 70s, sometimes high 60s if I run a lot that day, 6 miles or more. My afternoon snack is babybell light. I belive that a little protein in the afternoon does help lowering sugar.
Very interesting and informative video. Im a proponent of low carb diets, however O get leery when looking at measurements in the 1/10 of mm. I have been doing that test myself every 1 to 2 years for about 5 years. I have been told by the experts performing the examinations that the results are operator dependent. Indeed depending on the position/angle of the ultrasound probe, cursor positioning/reading of the screen there is variability of the results. I'm not saying this test is not appropriate, on the contrary. Just putting things into perspective.Personally I have seen a stabilisation/slow down of the plaque build up.Doing Keto and losing 40 pounds definitely hindered the progression.
I remember reading a study found people with the extreme exercises was asousisied with worse plaque that might explain my situation I was a heavy biking tennis and still had plaque for many years I was taking all the studies things Tocotrienol aged garlic extract berberine and my arteries were clear. I also had insulin resistance I was addicted to sweets as well
I DO enjoy the way you 2 do the show , tit for tat, humorous banter etc a way great way of delivering this Vital information. It makes it easy to listen to for the lengths of time needed for these topics. I'm doing a late home office shift whilst listening 🎧 Cheers from South Africa
I have to partly disagree with Dr. Brewer on one of his comments. If a person eats 100 calories worth of table sugar and 100 calories worth of "whole multi-grains" bread, the sugar does get absorbed more quickly than the bread and results in a comparatively larger insulin spike. Note whole wheat bread is better than white bread but does have a higher G-I than sugar (sucrose). Additionally, the whole grains bread has other nutrients and fiber, where sugar, sucrose, fructose only has calories. The same thing comparing brown rice versus white rice versus sugars. - The worst thing to happen to the western diet was the development of efficient and low-cost production of Fructose from corn, that was also helped by corn subsidies. It is added to much of the processed and semi-processed food, especially in cereals for younger folks, getting all onto the train to insulin resistance later in life. Take a look at the obesity epidemic that is happening in Mexico that happens to coincide with the introduction of cheap processed foods full of Fructose and sucrose. As it started after the similar epidemic in the US, there is more data to look at. That epidemic did not come about due to the eating of other grain staples common in Mexico's previous diet. Fun fact, the corn used today to produce Fructose, is not the same corn grown by previous generation. Current widely grown corns are much higher is simple carbohydrates and lower in proteins that varieties grown 80 years ago.
@@PabloVelarde1 Glucose 100, White Rice 85, Brown Rice 55, White Bread 80, Whole Wheat Bread 72, Mixed Whole Grain Bread between 70-55 depending on type, French Fries (not oil cooked) 76, Table Sugar 68, Fructose 25 --- Sugar (sucrose) is made of Glucose and Fructose. I had not known that Fructose had such a low G-I in comparison. I must admit my original comment is wrong, so I edited it accordingly. Thanks Pablo
@@edl653 Well, Hb1ac is insensitive to fructose so the glycemic index may be off on stuff with it. Sure it damages your body greatly but it does not show up in conventional glycation measurements.
Over the past four years, my CAC Score has increased from 4000 to 4600 to 6100. I guess I should be happy that a lot of my soft plaque is stabilizing (until my CAC Score flattens out?). I'm sure that the degree of blockage threat from a high CAC Score depends in part on the plaque distribution. In my case, most of the calcium is in my right coronary. Is there any relationship between a localized CAC Score and threat of blockage in that area (not from a clot)? I assume that if my diet & supplements have slowed or halted my soft plaque progression, and my existing soft plaque is stabilizing, that as long as I have no significant symptoms and can maintain an exercise program, that if nothing else I should be developing some degree of collateral circulation. 74 years old now, and I keep trying to overcome the "just desserts" of 50 years as a sugar addict. Great channel, guys!
Get a PET scan because you will then know if the calcium is blocking the arteries or not. My spouse has a CAC that makes his cardiologist faint, but never had any issues doing exercise, etc. PET shows clear arteries ie no narrowing and normal LVEF. Arteries can reform. High CAC is common in people who do endurance exercise but it's not related to risk, if anything the risk is lower in these people. Cac will often keep going up. But where the calcium is is relevant.
My CAC score was high. Did a stress test pass that but had a CT scan and they said my calcium was high. They want me to do an angiogram. I don't have any symptoms so wondering if I should put myself through that. Thoughts?
@@patriciamcintyre8855 me to wondering if the gram will break some calcium those can cause strokes and really don't want a stent unless absolutely necessary.
How do I find a reputable/ reliable location for a good quality CIMT in the Charlotte, NC area? I am unable to travel to the locations where your team goes.
Isn't there something to be said about all these calcium supplements? I'm so freaked out I have stopped anything with any type of calcium in it. What say you?
Look into vit D3 and K2, Magnesium Citrate, phosporus, boron. The key is to get the Ca from the blood into the bones. High sugar, standard American diet screws everything up. Govt. subsidizes corn, so they put HFC in everything because it's so cheap.
Dr. Brewer- I really love your videos and are learning a lot from you. I think more of us are subscribed, but SOMEONE continues to unsubscribe your channel. I constantly have to resubscribe to your channel day in and day out! It's just ridiculous ! I feel there are many more that are going through what I am. Keep the videos coming!
So wait a second. At around 1h04' mark in response to the patient who has still high fasting blood sugar despite cutting carbs. Dr. Brewer mentions that with low carb one can get a more pronounced dawn effect, presumably because the liver now makes sugar in response to the low intake from food. This I think can happen with intermittent fasting as well. But is this harmless? It's not clear to me especially since anything above 100 is labeled prediabetes.
How about fasting 2-3 times a week ? And stop carbs or limit it a lot ? Also change metabolism how much have you been removing everything? Also is it ok to eat tomatoes cooked in airfryer or does it give to much glucose spikes ? Also I try to drink one cup of organic 100% cacao once or twice a week . My wife eats carbs for all her life , her father is a diabetic doctor now retired, her brother is doctors , cardiologist and his wife too . And guess what they all eat a lot of carbs .. I don’t get it . I am the only one fasting . Eating to much though must mostly good quality foods , but I always try to improve but my wife don’t believe in cutting down because she is thin all her life !
Yes to Vitamin K2 or no? I"m on statins and Rapatha, Aged garlic, Vitamin D, but I can't get a straight answer about Yes or No to Vitamin K, thanks for the great info and videos, Dr Brewer!
Seed oils are the starter of everything I believe and processed foods! Ultra of course and then the sugar on top when you already are insulin resistance ! Well I started eating sourdough read again (my own) but don’t do it often just because I want to tolerate some things eat fermented vegetables! My stomach is not the best but I tried carnive and unfortunately it was the same! So it’s a lot better and I’m going there
sorry doc. but when you talk about having waffle with syrup on a regular basis how could you possibly think as doctor that it won't affect your health ..(sorry I do not want to sound like vain we all have moments we do not realize the consequences ) . .I wonder if ... would you consider that eating bread by the end of the meal would make a difference as Jessie so called glucose queen suggest it together with starting your meal with greens or salad which finally affects the glucose level in the blood. so could it be that it has effect on the arteries as well??? I am not an expert but I enjoy watching videos about heath. I also think that the way we make bread these days is absolutely horrible. back in time they let the dough to ferment for 24 hours before they actually bake it. In the process of fermentation there must be something absolutely amazing going on as in Italy and Greece people's diet 50, 40 years ago there was a lot of bread and pasta and still people were living long life. but there were organic fruits and vegetable, organic meat and dairy . no preservatives, no artificial ingredients ..... and of course people were not overeating cause gluttony is a sin. religion played a role .. and also not eating all the time, these days people are snacking all the time!!!! some doctors and nutritionist spread this trend to eat 6 meals a day. that is a nonsense!!!! another thing is stress and food relation. How can anything even a light food be good for you if when you eat it you are on the run. Eating requires love..... love making your food, you need time to make it and to chew it in a pleasant atmosphere , not to be in the rush. These days lots of videos are made about health , mostly by one doctor or health practitioner or interview on the base 1 moderator to 1specialist. It would be very interesting to gather 3 or 4 specialist on one topic and let them speak and exchange their experiences, trials, as all of you doctors agree that the human body works as a complex and that many processes going on separately but simultaneously at the same time. so for example having in one room one one endocrinologist, one gastroenterologist, cardiologist and dentist or biochemist would be absolutely fantastic. I understand that requires more time and organization but the fields need to cooperate in order to evolve. All doctors can benefit from it also as we the viewers . thank you for your effort!! have a good day!
My cardiologist started me off on a High Dose Statin. I had Adverse Effects! I wonder what my experience with a low dose would have been... If I ever recover,,, maybe I will find out. That same doctor told me CIMT was old fashioned and never done.
Even though I'm not diabetic I picked up a CGM. Insurance would not pay..God forbid we be proactive with our health. I guess I should wait until I am diabetic before I worry about glucose! Anyway it's interesting to see what spikes my glucose. Even a sugar free drink raised it more than I expected. These will be over the counter soon and I think everyone should at least try one just to see how their body reacts. Berberine seems to keep it lower which surprised me a bit. I'm going to try ACV as well. I've read it will keep it lower prior to meal. We'll see.
Thank you for sharing, you are exactly right, and you don't have to have diabetes, insulin resistance alone, even without glucose levels above 200, will damage your arteries and build plaque
Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see the point in CGMs and CKMs. Seems like just another way to get money out of people,. If you need to continuously monitor your blood sugar, doesn't that mean you aren't eating right? And if you aren't eating right, you know you aren't eating right, and you already know your blood sugar is going to be all over the place. So why do you need a CGM to continuously tell you something you already know? And if you are eating right, say you're one strict keto, then your blood sugar levels will eventually stabilize in the healthy zone, so why do you need to continuously monitor that, why not just check it once or twice a day with a regular monitor like everyone else? Again, maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't get it.
@@dafringe I'll wear it for a month to educate myself on what has an effect and what doesn't To each his own but spending my money on any education is not a waste to me. One wouldn't be watching this video if one was not interested in glucose levels. Some things that had an effect is not surprising but some are. Again..to each his own.
@@whobdis77 Having said that, I just found at least one reason a CGM could come in handy. Let's say you have trouble staying asleep. It would be helpful to check the app in the morning to see what your blood sugar levels were doing through the night because blood sugar can have a negative impact on sleep. Okay, I'm satisfied... there are valid reasons for wearing a CGM.😊
@@dafringe Yea..the thing was going off at night waking me up due to low glucose. At the time I thought 'who cares..I'm sleeping...or I was was anyway'. I turned off the alerts. But your probably on to something as far as blood sugar and sleep quality. I never really looked into that..yet.
You guys works so well. It blow my mind the info you guys sharing. Thk u so much.. subd n liked kudos to your success n well organized videos n topics. ❤❤
I’ve been eating fatty foods since a kid was always average weight sometimes skinny. As an adult I ate a lot kind of let myself go for a bit but nowadays age 29 I weigh 195 mostly muscle… I’m sure my corotid artery doesn’t look well I’ve been wanting to change my diet. I’ve been doing so slowly currently trying to get the refrigerator stocked with a lot of healthy things veggies and lean meat I always try to stay away from sugar but I eat a lot of carbs like cheese burgers and fries and pizza. I have to stop eating convenient food and I have to go out of my way to consume more healthy time consuming options A lot to work on for me. Thank you for the educational video 🙏
Hamburgers are fine. ALDIs, Sam’s and I’m sure other grocers sell organic grassfed ground beef around $5/pound. On a low carb diet, it’s okay to eat fat. The keto diets are 60% fat and up. Some suggest a 1 to 1 ratio of fat to protein. Best wishes on your journey to good health! 😊
Still learning. Day 1 no supervision following 9 yr keto after trial 2015 my Endo left then I did. Had Dexa. Pre death Dr Hallberg said my kidney numbers indicate never die kidney desease. 70 now. MRI Athlerosclerosis ribs down. Thyroidectomy then hysterectomy, 2 rounds 5 precancer polyps GI. Interest longevity but knees gone over 2 decades. Blind 50 yr Histo. Lowest carb with light resistance & PRAYER my course.
You have to eat a minimum of (300) grams of carbohydrates according to the Nutritionists & Dietitians ??? You ate Heart ❤️ Healthy oil with your waffles, salmon & salad dressing? That is a good for your heart ?? You ate the Nutritional guidelines and they almost killed you.
Nutritionists , Dieticians, the Standard American Diet, and the American Diabetics Associations are ALL wrong/misleading. 300 grams of carbs daily is AT LEAST 200 carbs too much. daily! I personally eat less than 25 carbs daily.
I've been experimenting with coconut milk(1/4 cup as creamer for my morning coffee). See how it goes after a couple of months. I'm 73 and eats rice almost 3 times a day, no sugar except on occasion.
Great presentation! I am a 79 yr old male that has had a stable LDL score over the last several years but with a 2010 CAC score that has gone up 500 points per year. Based on your presentation has my heart attack risk gone down because my stable plaque is increasing?
I would love to hear your thoughts on seed oils and some of the research that hints at a correlation with seed oil ingest and diabetes and metabolic health in general.
Very hard to find pure Olive oil! Most oils have other very unhealthy oils mixed in. So be very careful w olive oil. It is not 100%. There's a lot of fraud happening. Especially the imports. We get ours directly from a grower in Italy and we're still skeptical, but we use it sparingly. We use grass-fed butter, coconut oil, bacon grease, and ghee for cooking. It is expensive, but we don't buy ANY processed foods or canned. We grow our own or we buy organic. Expensive but by cutting out most fake "groceries" we make up for the difference.
Sounds like you were once diabetic. Cardiorisk CIMT is only available in certain locations. Do they ever travel around? The CAC still has value since the LAD is the most vulnerable.
Trying to incorporate more plant-based food into my diet. Still having chicken and fish and a little meat. But the million dollar question is how many grams of carbs is the limit should be taking on average?
Dr Brewer, Dr Jesus said something about switching carbohydrates to healthy fats. I have listened to Dr. Robert Lusting many times on the 7 types of fats. He teaches that Transfats are the only unhealthy fat. He also states olive oil heated to x degree of temperature turns into a transfat. He says saturated in dairy are cardio protective and saturated fat in other foods is neutral. He says the body makes saturated fat and that is why it is not essential. He says EPA and DHA are the most important fats. And we consume too much PUSFA Omega 6 and Omega 6 to 3 is too high. What are unhealthy fats according to Dr Jesus?
Dr Brewer hasn't demonstrated that quitting sugar is what reversed his arterial plaque (not in this video anyway). What I was expecting to find in this video (judging from its title), is the clinical evidence that leads him to believe that quitting sugar leads to his plaque reversal at the exclusion of the other changes he's made in his life (including the low dose rosuvastatin he's been taking for a while now). The quality of the videos is steadily dropping and becoming click-baits. Not to mention the "eat these 7 foods, don't eat those 9" type of (regurgitated from Tik Tok) videos. There's hardly any science left in his videos compared to 10 years ago. Remember 10 years ago he was always linking his research into the video description so it was easy for us to refer to them and read the fine prints ? No more linking to research now, because no more research. * edit: by the way what he has measured through his CIMTs is arterial plaque "in his carotid arteries". He forgot he has arteries elsewhere in his body and the correlation is far from perfect (a CMIT I did last year revealed I had clean carotid arteries but a CTA showed a 70% blockage in my LAD). People unaware of how this actually works will believe from this video that a CMIT will tell them everything about their arterial plaque. Sadly no. This kind of shortcuts he took in his video matter and are a huge disservice to the uninformed viewers.
Great message. I would love to hear what you think about sugar & which diet is the way forward. I’m still so confused about the conflicting messages from so-called gurus
@@danpan001 I think no such thing ! What I'm saying is that I am presently lacking the actual scientific evidence necessary for me to believe that it is better than any of the other diets you see out there professed by health gurus these days. If you have it, please share the research ID(s). LAD = Left Anterior Descending artery. One of our coronary arteries. Aka, the "widowmaker" as the majority of cardiac events are originated in this artery.
I actually went through some of that, I'll be happy to put it on the calendar to cover, I think the evidence was not as strong, but I'll go through it again for a video
What do you do if you had bypass, that created stenosis. Then, eschemia. Never had a heart attack or angina. But have no real understanding where im at with risk, calcium.
No one has clogged arteries because of bread, or any grains for that matter. It’s because of what you’re putting on the bread. Look at studies of African people that live mainly off maize and root vegetables. They don’t have heart disease at all.
Thank you for what you do what would you say the first thing to do if you had five catheterizations never a clogged artery but then I go in for a chest pain and they put a stent in what's the first step thanks
I am type 1 , I have been eating good for years detoxing , , and blood pressure has gone up since 2021, so much stress and PTSD , since my sister and my second son died . 😢. And a lot of other things have happened. So finally went to doctors and they put me on linsinipril, now and it’s starting to to get better
Could someone that is told they need a multiple bypass surgery postpone it and try to reverse arterial plaques naturally or is it too late? I feel great but after an angiogram was told i needed bypass surgery. What would happen if i didnt get the surgery and tried to change with diet alone. Life long cholesterol 450+ 43 years old.
Constructive criticism. Dr Brewer needs to use less superfluous talk and get to the point quicker. I appreciate how Dr Vega was able to stick to the point and clarify some of Dr Brewers points. Therefore I decided to subscribe!
I’m 46, never been overweight, tried carnivore for about a year. Got a CAC scan and scored an 81. I’ve done carnivore for maybe two years and now I’ve developed a xanthelasma ( according to the dermatologist) under my eye. Of course my cholesterol is high and my wife is freaking out and is mad at me and wants me to stop carnivore and eat more veggies and fruit. What do I do?!?!? And the dermatologist said my heart is going to explode🤦🏽
Toji don't worry. If your wife wants a low LDL eat a lot of Oreos and it will go down and everything else will go up and you'll be in a lot of trouble. This doctor is wrong about statins. Listen to his talk with Dr CYWES who says statins are hell. don't do it
I have to ask, what's wrong with OJ? I survived a Widow Maker 5 years ago. I'm 57 years young and made major changes and doing well. I was told by a RN that OJ helps with my Cholesterol levels. Who do we believe?
Do some research for yourself. Allopathic nurses & doctors are not trained in nutrition so the nurse, however well intentioned, was wrong in her advice.
The Harvard article shown on the show certainly does NOT support your promoting a Keto diet, that butter is good, and LDL does not matter. Quit the opposite.
Yes, that's why we mentioned, they are accepting that plaque reversal is possible, but they are still doubling down in the meditarrenan diet and low fat diet
Hi Doc, thanks for your helpful videos. Regarding K2 I want to try to help stabilise or reverse plaque calcification, but some claim it causes blood clots and negate blood thinners. What is your view for someone on Asprin and statin, is K2 vitamin okay to take and not reverse the effect of blood thinning?
Its not the carbs, its mixing of sugar and fat that leads to an unhealthy metabolic environment, which leads to high blood pressure and inflammation. Cholesterol levels certainly also play a role, but its not cholesterol doing the damage.
Yes it is an excess of carbs, they turn into sugars in your body. Lots of Doctors have videos on this subject. Your body requires 0 carbs to survive but you do require fats and proteins to live.
@@beardumaw24 Your body produce sugar from fats and protein. Blood sugar, ring a bell!? And a diet with lots of fat and protein will give you chronically worse blood sugar than a low fat, high carb diet. Also, it will make you perform worse than you would on a high carb, low fat diet. There are no high performing athletes on a low carb diet. ZERO. The ones you think of are not even close to being elite.
The disease begins with damage to the endothelial layer of the artery, the layer closest to the blood. The theory is that the damage is caused by blood glucose. Insulin hormone, from the pancreas, is responsible for producing insulin to manage blood glucose. So, there could be a strong connection between the disease and insulin resistance. Carbohydrates, simple and complex, rapidly raise blood glucose after a meal (postprandial hyperglycemia). Judging from the words of many commentators here on TH-cam, many of those who are successful reversing calcium development in the heart apply the ketogenic diet or low carb diet and some sort of reversal protocol.
@@Deffineyou say it's a mix of sugar and fat. Question: let's say I eat a fatty meal (quality fats). And 30min later I eat one kiwi (for extra nutrition etc). Is it better to have the kiwi or to rather not eat the kiwi? Thanks
It might, especially in the aorta, there is no doubt that no plaque is better than having plaque, but if you already have plaque, calcified stable plaque is the safest
I’ll be 90 in July. I have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes for the last several years, so 6 months ago I started the carnivore diet (I love donuts) and quit sugar and carbs cold turkey. Now it's beef, butter, bacon, and eggs only and I lost 35 pounds and am no longer pre-diabetic.
Congratulations ! If I may ask what did your GP preconised you to do during these years of pre diabetes stage ?
@@Cervin_Suisse Nothing. He indicated that everything was fine, but suggested that I should take a statin since my cholesterol was high, and I refused to take the statin. That was when I changed doctors and started on the carnivore diet and straightened out my health. A1C is excellent, glucose is down, HDl is excellent, Triglycerides down and good Cholesterol high, and Ldl high. Cholesterol doesn’t mean a damn thing so I’m happy.
@@juggler55 let me get that right... He said you were pre-diabetic and didn't give you any guidelines?
Don’t even get me started on the donuts you just mentioned. I failed 9 different days within the last 2 months off the carnivore diet, and everytime (Including today) it’s a donut binge 😂. I ate 6 in 10 minutes just a few hours ago
@@Cervin_Suisse That’s right. Didn’t say a thing. that’s why I got rid of him!
69 years old and have been carnivore for 4 years. I have never felt better and I do believe that if I had found this lifestyle 20 to 30 years ago I would not have had my heart attack.
thank you for sharing
Today I am 66 years old and feel in very good shape. I weigh only 1 kg more today compared to 1980 when I did my military service as a reconnaissance platoon commander. In 2009 I came into contact with something that seemed really weird low carb high fat diet. Oh no, it must be life-threatening was my thought. But then I read some new books and realized that the key to this was to be at a low insulin level. I do experiments with my own body. I try and oh what a difference it was. I became more alert and for exampel my dry feet became baby's soft etc. If I can see this on the outside, how should it not be on the inside. Today, after 15 years where I have learned more and more every day, I will never start with a diet that gives me a lot of carbohydrates. I try to stick to about 50 gr a day. Preferably not anymore but it happens once in a while. I really wish that all people could understand how good it is for health. Your regular doctor does not do much for your health, but it is entirely up to you to become your own expert. And it's easy as there is so much knowledge to seek. I'm aiming to live fully to at least 100 years old and then I'm going to have a great party with rock 'n roll and I'm going to dance all night. Best regards from Torbjörn from Sweden.
I have cut 75% of sugar, 25% of more complex carbs. However, I still get drawn to doughnut, so I just can't buy them. When my will power fails, I can eat 3 to 6 in 1/2 a day, even if I had not eaten any over a couple months. I even froze a dozen donuts thinking it would force me to defrost them first and a dozen could last 12 days, one per day. Wrong, frozen donuts are almost as good and had no effect on consumption. Best option - Avoid temptation and don't buy.
@edl653 Ah yes, the ways we try to fool ourselves and try to trick ourselves into compliance! I believe I am with you my dear friend. I tried that and been there, and yes, no it does not work. I agree with you, don't bring them into your house.
Cravings come when the body requires food.... the correct food will have no need to crave anything else
treat it like cigarettes Clean them out of ypur house COMPLETELY ,Hang in there FRIEND
I tried keeping Halloween candy in the trunk of the car, then only one piece at a time till Halloween. Didn't work.
I watched my father die of a heart attack at the age of 13!! My brother and sister watched it too, 11 and 6. My dad was 39 and passed 12 days before his 40th! He was 5'8", 136lbs and had a six pack! This was in 1975 so his family thought we killed him. Please think of what it would do to the people who love you if you were to pass or pass in front of them. At work, several people will bring in dozens of donuts every Saturdays. I walk right past them!! Sugar feeds cancer, oxygen starves it! Sugar is bad all around. Please think of your loved ones. Please do better. God Bless.
Sugar and specifically 50+ carbs/day ,is the bullet in the gun when it comes to plaque formation & vessel blockage. Secondarily avoid seed oils helps with reducing inflammation.
Complete nonsense. Sugar doesn't clog you up, are you insane? Healthy blood sugar does nothing to your arteries. High blood pressure, high systemic inflammation and high cholesterol will clog you up.
People who eat a sh%t ton of carbs and a low fat diet have the healthiest arteries. Mixing sugar and fat will for sure get you in trouble. But that doesn't mean its sugars fault, its because it creates and unhealthy metabolic environment that leads to inflammation.
Seed oils first! It’s the poison then come the carbs! We have been eating carbs without getting so
Much disease before
Where is the study that says 50 + carbs is bad for those who do intense workouts 3-5 times a week and resistance training ?
Does that mean no ground flax seeds or chia seeds?
Seed OILS like palm oil and such.
Chia seeds are not oil. They are a super food.
Don't cut those out.
He's talking about foods cooked in seed oils
I havn't had sugar in over a year. Now I don't like the taste of it at all. I limit carbs to less than 35-50g per day. It's a game changer.
its amazing how that happens!!!!
Did you loose weight? Did you see any other physical benefits such as better skin quality?
I was normal weight to start but lost any excess, slowly and yes my skin is better than it was and all puffiness gone. Maybe the OP will answer back. I’m interested in their results too
Don't kid yourself. If you're consuming 35-50 carbs a day (a lot...) the you are Most Definately consuming sugar!...
@@EpilepticSpudmonkey I'm not kidding myself. It depends on how much you burn through physical activity. What sugar I am producing is intentional, to trigger some insulin at a particular time of day. People who weight train claim this works, and it has certainly worked for me.
LDL is not the problem. In fact, people with high LDL live longer. The problem is the damage to the vessel walls.
and what damages arterial wall….yep sugar
You are correct but its more complicated. If you have high LDL AND over consume sugar the LDL gets oxidised and glycated (damaged) from the excess sugar and THAT damages the vessel walls. Proteins get damaged too and also cause damage. The science is getting there but they are not there quite yet - but I think very close.
“Sugar is like Glue for cholesterol” ~ Dr. Micheal Gregor
WOW! Well said.
He definitely didn’t say that. He’s one of my favorite Dr’s and promotes a diet completely opposite of this terrible diet they are recommending
@@coltonparsons4852 Terrible diet? Because it helps people, including me.
@@Светла-в5ю helps how?
@@Светла-в5ю maybe you think it’s helping.😂
I gave up all grain products 5 years ago and eat healthy animal based food, low carb veggies, fermented foods, olives and high quality olive oil.
What changes did you notice?
No steel cut oats? What do u eat for breakfast?
One very interesting snippet shown briefly (in the Harvard info), that you don’t often hear about, is that HDL is part of the process for removing cholesterol from the plaques. Get your HDL up folks!
Yes. Very true.
" that HDL is part of the process for removing cholesterol from the plaques"
That is one interpretation however I'm not really sure if it is really the point.
What seems to be much more important is that a high HDL is a marker of "fat burning". Which also means it is a marker of o good mitochondrial health and insulin sensitivity and THAT is really what matters...
Lipids are just markers of insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial health - the lack of which is the primary cause of atherosclerosis and NOT the lipids...
@danteburritar2822, yet this what the European Society of Cardiology 2019 Guidelines have to say about HDL. I quote the entire section for your reference but give you the short summary: CAUSALITY (not just association which can be attributed to other factors) between higher levels of HDL and reduced risk of cardiac events has never been proven.
" 5.3.3 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk of atherosclerosis:
The inverse association between plasma HDL-C and the risk of ASCVD is among the most consistent and reproducible associations in observational epidemiology. Incontrast, Mendelian randomization studies do not provide compellinge vidence that HDL-C is causally associated with the risk of ASCVD. However, this evidence must be interpreted with caution because most genetic variant sassociated with HDL-C are also associated with directionally opposite changes inTGs, LDL-C, or both, thus making estimates of the effect of HDL-C on the risk of ASCVD very difficult using the Mendelian randomization study design. Furthermore, there is no evidence from randomized trials that therapeutically increasing plasma HDL-C reduces the risk of CV events. In the Effects of Dalcetrapib in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (dal-OUTCOMES) trial, treatment with the cholesteryl ester transfer protein(CETP) inhibitor dalcetrapib increased HDL-C without any effect on LDL-C or ApoB, but did not reduce the risk of major CV events. Similarly, in the Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition with Evacetrapib in Patients at a High-Riskfor Vascular Outcomes(ACCELERATE) and Randomized Evaluationof the Effects of Anacetrapib Through Lipid Modification (REVEAL) trials, treatment with CETP inhibitors more than doubled HDL-Clevels, but did not appear to reduce the risk of ASCVD events beyond that expected from the modest reductions in ApB levels. Furthermore, several randomized trials have shown that directly infused HDL mimetics increase plasma HDL-C concentrations, but do not reduce the progression of atherosclerosis as measured by intravascular ultrasound.
Therefore, there is currently no randomized trial or genetic evidence to suggest that raising plasma HDL-C is likely to reduce the risk of ASCVD events. Whether therapies that alter the function of HDL particles will reduce the risk of ASCVD is unknown."
* source: doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz455, 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk.
@@btudrus Interesting insight. I'm new to all this stuff. I try to learn as much as I can. Where would you put ''high HDL'' at (in mg or mmol)? Also, what's your take on LDL? Worried if they're too high?
Of all the people presenting wellness on TH-cam, Dr. Brewer is the best. He's my go-to Doc.
Keep up the great work on yourself, too.
You guys are global heros, can’t thank you enough for what you do.
Thank you very much!
Dr. Brewer, thank you so much for not retiring! You information is credible given your medical background and you are providing critically needed knowledge that few are doing today! I love your videos!!!
Thank you Doctor Brewer for this. This may explain why I have clean and clear arteries in my late 60's despite my life long crummy lipid profile. I don't eat sweets and have never added sugar. I don't think I have ever purchased sugar at the grocery store.
You don’t have to purchase sugar at grocery store, sugar is in just about everything ! Boxed foods, bread, etc. 🤷🏻♀️
@@anniematthew2608You are right sugar is in just about everything, Therefore I rarely buy packaged foods. We mill our own flour and bake our own bread. Everything is fresh from the produce dept and fresh meat counter. The pasture raised eggs do sit in a carton. The only packaged food would be the wild Alaskan salmon. It's in a sealed bag. We cook at home and avoid restaurants.
@@arnoldfrackenmeyer8157 I feel jealous you make your own bread from scratch . That is great!!! I believe package processed and ultraprocessed food is the poison. I also make my own bread with mixed flour. I wonder how long do you let your dough to ''ferment'' before you bake it?. I also would like to know do you fry your food??? I never fry our food cause I think that high temperature in cooking and heating oils must be another bad and unhealthy habits.
@@katkalucky4060 It's my wife that does it.
That's great, not buying sugar. I'm sure you know that bread, pasta, potatoes are all sugar. In fact, they start breaking down while in your mouth. They are just complex sugars that take longer to digest. But are sugar none the less. I have read that it is good to always start with your protein food and Then the carb. It will slow the break down of the carb. May I ask how you Know you have clean and clear arteries?
I love your videos. I like your humility and willingness to learn and share that knowledge with all of us.
Glad there are a few good humble doctors out there. Admitting you’re wrong is tough. Having your life on the line makes it trustworthy.
Dr Brewer my story is a mirror of yours, but it is your channel that woke me up to my metabolic dysfunction, My doctors never mentioned my prediabedic HA1C at 5.6-5.7. I am older than you at 72 , Still eating carbs at 67 I had a central retinal artery occlusion that blinded my left eye. After that stroke searching around I found your channel. I lost @ 25 pounds and am 145.#. I am doing HIIT and resistance training , quit sugar and went low carb to lower carbs, Have you seen Dr. Roy Taylor’s diabetes research and know of his Fat tolerance therapy? You and I fit into what he calls a “TOFI” thin outside and fat inside, During his research he wondered why thin people were getting diabetes. He has discovered that different body and genetic s types develop fat differently. By lowering the visceral fat in the thin type 2 diabetic s he reversed their diabetes and insulin resistance. I am not a lean mass hyper responder, but I think I am a ToFI, My LDL did shoot up when I first went low carb , but has stabilized in healthy range.
Mike, I'm curious how long it took your LDL to stabilize and what it was before, then what it was when it shot up and what it is now. I think I'm in the same boat as you
Studies also show people who use aspirin 1:16:09 a severe loss of B vitamins levels when using both And the brain benefits are completely abrogated
@@theluckyman74 good to know I take a methylated B - complex already.
Thank you for sharing your journey!!! I'm a bit surprised you have never mentioned Zone 2 exercise and if I've missed it I apologize. My own experience: i cut back on carbs (still have around 60g/day due to legumes, veggies and whole foods.) I walk 1/2 hour after each meal (or at least trying to) and run zone 2 155 minutes/week. My LDL drops from 230 to 140 (even though I'm not a big believer of total LDL like you pointed out). My HDL went from 56 to 77!!! hba1c is 5.5 (yes I could do better). Trig to hdl ratio is 1.4. I eat lotsa olive & avocado oil 4 eggs/day, avocado, salmon/trout/tuna/sashimi, red meat and mostly chicken. Life is great without sugar!!!
I used to slow jog a half marathon each week; tons of zone 2 & 3.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for sharing your experience on how quitting sugar reversed your arterial plaque. Your story is truly inspiring and serves as a reminder of the power of making healthy choices. 🙏 Your words will undoubtedly encourage others to make positive changes in their own lives.
You’re awesome. Keep doing what you love, it helps people become aware of our health.
Excellent information. Thank you Dr Brewer and Dr Vega!
love the honest conversation, great back and forth.
Did I get this right? Calcification is a defense mechanism to solidify the plaque so is not running rampant through the arteries and either cause a heart attack or if it hits the brain, a stroke.
It's a belief. My belief from a lifetime of study (I'm 70) is that our bodies are Always trying to save us, never trying to kill us. (Cancer is an aberation and plaques don't "run rampant". Our bodies produce all the cholesterol we need. I believe something has already damaged the artery wall (high blood pressure for one thing) and the cholesterol goes there to Patch it. For that action to kill you that would be counter-productive to say the least. Perhaps the same continual attack on the wall causes the plaque to build, there and elsewhere. And maybe, while the plaque is just starting to patch the wall, (like wet plaster) it is hit with the same problem (high B.P?) that then pushes the, as yet unstabilized, plaque off the wall and into the blood stream. Otherwise...your body would be trying to kill itself.
Turning 60 this year. I've been carnivore for 3 years. I train with dumbbells 2-3X per week and sprint 8x120yds 3X per week. I gave up jogging 2 years ago in favor of sprints.
I'm in the in the best shape of my life.
Thank you very much! Good choices.
@lifeinsuranceguru what's your heartrate, sleeping and resting? Just curious.
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Problem I have with statins is they increase insulin resistance. So darn if you do , darn if you don't. I exercise, cut out all process fluids and process foods. Staying almost 98% carnivore. My cac score is high. My HDL is 89, triglycerides 76. Needless to say, I also have high LDL. I am 64, do Sprints and resistance training mainly.
The regular high dose for aged garlic extract is about 24000 that shows benefits but no side effects
Can you smell the garlic on your body???
This video has been so helpful, I had a CAC score of 19 and have very high cholesterol, doing a low carb diet and exercising every day but didn’t want to take the statin my doctor recommended, I will now, I’m on 5mg rosuvastatin. Thank you Dr Brewer for putting my mind at rest.
Careful. Dr Ceuws in conversation with Dr brewer disagrees re statin noting its danger and zero relationship to heart attack. Don't know why Ford likes statin.
No on statin. The doctor is wrong
suggested topic: With statin use in nearly 100m people in usa, my question deals with statins and the brain blood barrier, why does the health industry continue to push statins without hesitation, when patients are reporting brain fog issues, and several medical sources claim statins pass the brain bloodvbarrier in spite of big pharma claims? With dementia trends up, What does the science say? Thank you.
Great topic suggestion! I would love to see it discussed more in the mainstream media. Statins are the biggest money maker in prescription medicine history (soon to be overtaken by GLP-1's) and so the amount of money involved here is staggering. My guess is that has a lot to do with the fact that the whole brain fog and side effect issues are being downplayed. But I'm sure there's more to it than that.
I had a CT calcium score of 475 back in February of this year. Scared me straight!!! I have modified my lifestyle and diet to a point of great relief for my body. No more stiff joints, lost 25 lbs., normalized my blood pressure (readings every morning right out of bed), only whole foods with some dairy, and my doctor still wants to put me on statins. Is this still the protocol for me for life on a medication? Where do I go to get medical evaluation with the understanding you two doctors are open to learning about unheard of new preventative measures?
Great shows and glad I found Dr. Brewer on TH-cam last year! Dr. Vega, it's refreshing to see the changes you've made, too. Very obvious!
Thank you both for boldly stepping out and speaking up about your findings!
My CAC is 1980 55 years old if I figure it out i'll let you know, they want to to a cath to see what's up, scared the calcium will break. this is so weird. 168 lbs healthy person.
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See videos on Vitamin K2, Vitamin D3. Also, Serrapeptase and Nattokinase.
@@titorhoads6496 I’m under 40 with a CAC of 150, and had a cath angiogram to confirm 60% blockage. On a statin, more WFPB / Mediterranean diet now. Still need to get in more strenuous exercise, but I’m already healthy weight, strong swimmer etc. I get another scan in 2 years so feel free to ask in a couple years to see me if my path has worked haha. If it hasn’t then I may try the carnivore approach, but for now that seems risky for my body and situation. Lots of anecdotes to support carnivore, but all the clinical data backs WFPB / Mediterranean as best for the heart and longevity. That and stop eating processed high sugar high fat junk.
I'm 57 and got a CAC score of 600 in Feb 2024. But I had already started a carnivore diet in Aug 2023 (6 months prior to getting the CAC). And like you, the 600 score scared me. I have modified my diet since then and eat only whole foods (meat, eggs, some veg, some nuts, etc). I eat no sugar, processed foods, refined carbs, or starchy veg. Just trying to control inflammation, HBP, insulin resistance, HbA1C, and blood glucose levels at this point. I am taking a statin for now but plan to get off it when I get my metabolic health more under control. Major improvements sinse I started this journey 9 months ago. This is just going to take time. I'm down 45 lbs in 9 months and feel better now then I did 25 yrs ago. Just gotta believe that this new lifestyle is working. Not much else we can do.
Try to find an alternative medicine group in your area. Just do some internet searches and ask around. You'll find one. The alternative med groups are much more understanding of lifestyle changes and don't necessarily have to follow corporate guidelines (such as pushing statins, etc.)
@@titorhoads6496 First of all, try to relax. A high CAC score is NOT a death sentence. It's more like a shot across the bow, a wake up call. You absolutely CAN stop the progression with lifestyle and diet changes (mostly diet). I've seen stories from folks with scores higher than yours change their diets and see the progression stopped in its tracks. You can do this!
Do you have any symptoms of ischemia? Any heart palpitations or chest pain when you are active? The most recent studies I've seen (the Ischemia Trials: google it) say that putting in stents when there are no physical symptoms does not prolong life and may not be necessary. Stents are most effective when you are actually having a heart event or chest pain. But you should get a CT angiogram with FFR at the very least to determine the extent of your blockages, if you have any. A CAC score will not show that. A heart cath with FFR is the most accurate way to see whats going on in your heart but it does come with risks, albeit low risk (I've heard the risk of heart attack or stroke during a cath is 1:1000). Anyway, do your research and just be confident in your final decision.
Like you, my numbers came back very high and it scared me. But now I'm feeling better about my path to control the plaque in my arteries. I mean, what else can we do, right?
I have my own question here.. I'm 42 and I was diagnosed with BPH.. I followed Ken Berry's advice and went carnivore for a year.. I began to feel some relief after about 6-7 months in.. Now I almost urinate without struggle.. Some may say that I am fasting too much and maybe they're right.. I fast 48 hours from Sunday-Tuesday almost every week.. I have dropped quite a bit of weight and now I started to wake up with extreme fatigue.. I didn't know what to do except devour carbs.. Of course when I did this, I felt great... How can I do this without eating carbs? Do I just increase my fat intake tremendously? I'm looking for options.. Great video, btw.. I subscribed.
When I was doing sloppy keto (more like lazy keto), I used to get those intense carb cravings every few days, and it wasn't long before I was at the store buying ice cream. I've been doing strict keto since early this past February, and I started eating 18:6 and taking one tablespoon of MCT oil 3x day. Once my ketones built up to put me into ketosis, and I became fat adapted (it only took a few weeks), my carb cravings disappeared, I slept better, and I had plenty of energy. My fasting glucose dropped from 95 down to the mid-to-upper 70s and my fasting insulin dropped from 5.9 to 2.9. So maybe you should focus on building ketones and becoming fat adapted to see if that helps because, as far as I know, that's the only way to kill those carb cravings.
Also maybe take a few fasting breaks or tey alternating between the longer fast to maybe a a week I. There of fasting 18 or 16 hours for a few days. Play with it some.
I had quit taking baby aspirin, but at age 67, 20 lbs overweight, I reinstated baby aspirin in my regimen, 1 tablet with my sage tea at least a few times a week, after listening to a few of your youtube videos, as very likely I have plaque. I was rejected donating plasma a few years ago as the red blood could not be returned to my veins, so likely I have plaque. I add a trace amount of epsom salt to my boiling water for tea, and added a capsule of Mg L-Threonate lions mane capsule to my Himalayan salt shaker. As I am a little overweight, I also reinstated a capsule of resveratrol, and may add a little red wine to go with it, but do not have any on hand.
Thank you Dr Brewer and Vega.
Drs. Brewer and Vega
Omg, I was a bread addict too and still am (sometimes) but I’m not eating it like I used to. Italian restaurants maybe still problematic to me because they serve this delicious bread and olive oil, but I’m being careful. I don’t fill up on bread anymore. Also, when I was working my 9-5 job I was addicted to DD’s bagels, but once I bought glucose meter and started checking I stopped the bagels too. I may still have one once in a great while but let me tell you it’s so hard to break that bread habit. Was never addicted to donuts but I understand that having one glazed donut is better than having one bagel. Bottom line is that both are bad. Maybe that’s why my CAC is 39🙉
Fantastic show Drs. What a learning curve for me. Thankfully I continue exercising with weights and try to get my heart rate up in the 150s up. I always try to do 10-12 minutes followed with alternating crawling pushups. I will refer to this video for reminders to eating and the correct use of statins. I have never heard of this, quite like this. Thank you Both!
A big huge thank you .!! To dr.Berg cause he made all other doctors as you to cone up and talk. I wanted to talk to my cardiologist about diet and lifestyle. The causes of my problems.. and she wasn't interested at all. I have changed several cardiologists cause they don't see me as human.... Berg vhanged my life. He is my non perfect teacher.. but he made me think my medical condition differently. Low carb keto and fasting are unknown words to most of doctors. Big thank you to Berg and secondly to all other doctors who started sharing knowledge
What do you say about vitamin K2 and it’s the effects on arterial calcification?
It’s not hard to become a bread addict, considering that wheat affects our dopamine receptors. - AKA - Bread is your cigarette. Also, seed oils are not food and they are in most breads!
I had plaque too. I become
Vegan, increased vegies, so carbs, removed all sat fat, and cleared my plaque within 6 months.
What does so carbs mean? Do you eat rice and potatoes?
“So carbs!” 😜🤣😂🤣
@@J56609 love carbs. The best fuel!!
How do you know your plaque was cleared?
@@startsontime angiogram! When you have heart disease, which you clearly haven’t, you have a date with a doctor and follow up scans on the reg.
Thanks for all you do.
I just want to say that l was eating a low carb , low sugar diet since l was 27 and yet l goy a stroke when l was 66 .the only thing l did not do too much of is exercise. But if l did not eat this type of diet , l would have been dead .
Interesting. Yes we love to make one-liner statements about health and diets, yet it's not that simple
Did you use artificial flavors and sweeteners much?
Be wary of statins if you exercise a lot. My 76 yr old neighbor, frequent bicycling was prescribed statins, got off his bike and fainted, breaking his leg...during covid! He has been fortunate to not get sick while in isolation and that his 2 breaks have healed well, but not 100%
Oh yeah, Staten never should’ve been FDA approved, 0.01% absolute risk reduction 😢
The human body is an amazing machine that maintains and repairs itself as long as you can provide the building blocks of nutrition and eliminate the roadblocks of dietary poisons. We are starting to understand what is true nutrition and that food is not necessarily what you find in grocery stores and restaurants.
I haven't given up bread. I changed the bread I eat. Organic Sourdough is my choice. My numbers are good at the doctor. Of course, I don't overindulge and I drink Matcha tea. I like to think it balances everything in my body and I use stevia and monk fruit so my sweet tooth is satisfied in my tea.
For most people, any bread will produce an insulin response, test yourself at home to find out.
Alpha lipoic acid helps to reduce fasting glucose level. I cut sugar and most carbs and took alpha lipoic acid pills and reduced my glucose level from 96 down to 82.
thank you for sharing Alpha Lipoic acid is on our list to cover as a topic
Is it a prescription drug?
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No. It's a simple supplement
Have u tried it with Berberine?
I understand each body is different. For me, if I have zero starch at dinner (I do have some, not much, at breakfast and lunch) eat just meat or fish, veggies and kimchi, I could repeatedly have fasting glucose in the high 70s, sometimes high 60s if I run a lot that day, 6 miles or more. My afternoon snack is babybell light. I belive that a little protein in the afternoon does help lowering sugar.
Very interesting and informative video. Im a proponent of low carb diets, however O get leery when looking at measurements in the 1/10 of mm. I have been doing that test myself every 1 to 2 years for about 5 years. I have been told by the experts performing the examinations that the results are operator dependent. Indeed depending on the position/angle of the ultrasound probe, cursor positioning/reading of the screen there is variability of the results. I'm not saying this test is not appropriate, on the contrary. Just putting things into perspective.Personally I have seen a stabilisation/slow down of the plaque build up.Doing Keto and losing 40 pounds definitely hindered the progression.
I remember reading a study found people with the extreme exercises was asousisied with worse plaque that might explain my situation I was a heavy biking tennis and still had plaque for many years I was taking all the studies things Tocotrienol aged garlic extract berberine and my arteries were clear. I also had insulin resistance I was addicted to sweets as well
So herbs cleared your arteries not Carnivore diet?
I DO enjoy the way you 2 do the show , tit for tat, humorous banter etc a way great way of delivering this Vital information. It makes it easy to listen to for the lengths of time needed for these topics. I'm doing a late home office shift whilst listening 🎧 Cheers from South Africa
We both appreciate your feedback
I have to partly disagree with Dr. Brewer on one of his comments. If a person eats 100 calories worth of table sugar and 100 calories worth of "whole multi-grains" bread, the sugar does get absorbed more quickly than the bread and results in a comparatively larger insulin spike. Note whole wheat bread is better than white bread but does have a higher G-I than sugar (sucrose). Additionally, the whole grains bread has other nutrients and fiber, where sugar, sucrose, fructose only has calories. The same thing comparing brown rice versus white rice versus sugars. - The worst thing to happen to the western diet was the development of efficient and low-cost production of Fructose from corn, that was also helped by corn subsidies. It is added to much of the processed and semi-processed food, especially in cereals for younger folks, getting all onto the train to insulin resistance later in life. Take a look at the obesity epidemic that is happening in Mexico that happens to coincide with the introduction of cheap processed foods full of Fructose and sucrose. As it started after the similar epidemic in the US, there is more data to look at. That epidemic did not come about due to the eating of other grain staples common in Mexico's previous diet. Fun fact, the corn used today to produce Fructose, is not the same corn grown by previous generation. Current widely grown corns are much higher is simple carbohydrates and lower in proteins that varieties grown 80 years ago.
Grain (carbs) is turned into sugar. You can disagree but it won't change the science. Physics doesn't care about your opinion.
The glycemic index of white bread is the same as table sugar
@@PabloVelarde1 Glucose 100, White Rice 85, Brown Rice 55, White Bread 80, Whole Wheat Bread 72, Mixed Whole Grain Bread between 70-55 depending on type, French Fries (not oil cooked) 76, Table Sugar 68, Fructose 25 --- Sugar (sucrose) is made of Glucose and Fructose. I had not known that Fructose had such a low G-I in comparison. I must admit my original comment is wrong, so I edited it accordingly. Thanks Pablo
@@edl653 Well, Hb1ac is insensitive to fructose so the glycemic index may be off on stuff with it. Sure it damages your body greatly but it does not show up in conventional glycation measurements.
The carnivore diet does not include salads.
Glad to hear the
Bunny hole
again i missed hearing that lol.
Distinguishing between soft plaque and calcified plaque the slides were showing CCA and ICA question what is CCA what is ICA?
Over the past four years, my CAC Score has increased from 4000 to 4600 to 6100. I guess I should be happy that a lot of my soft plaque is stabilizing (until my CAC Score flattens out?). I'm sure that the degree of blockage threat from a high CAC Score depends in part on the plaque distribution. In my case, most of the calcium is in my right coronary. Is there any relationship between a localized CAC Score and threat of blockage in that area (not from a clot)? I assume that if my diet & supplements have slowed or halted my soft plaque progression, and my existing soft plaque is stabilizing, that as long as I have no significant symptoms and can maintain an exercise program, that if nothing else I should be developing some degree of collateral circulation. 74 years old now, and I keep trying to overcome the "just desserts" of 50 years as a sugar addict. Great channel, guys!
Get a PET scan because you will then know if the calcium is blocking the arteries or not. My spouse has a CAC that makes his cardiologist faint, but never had any issues doing exercise, etc. PET shows clear arteries ie no narrowing and normal LVEF. Arteries can reform. High CAC is common in people who do endurance exercise but it's not related to risk, if anything the risk is lower in these people.
Cac will often keep going up. But where the calcium is is relevant.
My CAC score was high. Did a stress test pass that but had a CT scan and they said my calcium was high. They want me to do an angiogram. I don't have any symptoms so wondering if I should put myself through that. Thoughts?
@@patriciamcintyre8855 me to wondering if the gram will break some calcium those can cause strokes and really don't want a stent unless absolutely necessary.
Yup quitting suger = animal based : little to no plants. Ref - book 'Understandin the Heart' by S. HUSSEY
How do I find a reputable/ reliable location for a good quality CIMT in the Charlotte, NC area? I am unable to travel to the locations where your team goes.
Isn't there something to be said about all these calcium supplements? I'm so freaked out I have stopped anything with any type of calcium in it. What say you?
Look into vit D3 and K2, Magnesium Citrate, phosporus, boron. The key is to get the Ca from the blood into the bones. High sugar, standard American diet screws everything up. Govt. subsidizes corn, so they put HFC in everything because it's so cheap.
K2 directs dietary calcium to bones & teeth & away from arteries & organs
Dr. Brewer- I really love your videos and are learning a lot from you. I think more of us are subscribed, but SOMEONE continues to
unsubscribe your channel. I constantly have to resubscribe to your channel day in and day out! It's just ridiculous !
I feel there are many more that are going through what I am. Keep the videos coming!
So wait a second. At around 1h04' mark in response to the patient who has still high fasting blood sugar despite cutting carbs. Dr. Brewer mentions that with low carb one can get a more pronounced dawn effect, presumably because the liver now makes sugar in response to the low intake from food. This I think can happen with intermittent fasting as well. But is this harmless? It's not clear to me especially since anything above 100 is labeled prediabetes.
How about fasting 2-3 times a week ? And stop carbs or limit it a lot ? Also change metabolism how much have you been removing everything?
Also is it ok to eat tomatoes cooked in airfryer or does it give to much glucose spikes ?
Also I try to drink one cup of organic 100% cacao once or twice a week .
My wife eats carbs for all her life , her father is a diabetic doctor now retired, her brother is doctors , cardiologist and his wife too . And guess what they all eat a lot of carbs .. I don’t get it . I am the only one fasting . Eating to much though must mostly good quality foods , but I always try to improve but my wife don’t believe in cutting down because she is thin all her life !
Yes to Vitamin K2 or no? I"m on statins and Rapatha, Aged garlic, Vitamin D, but I can't get a straight answer about Yes or No to Vitamin K, thanks for the great info and videos, Dr Brewer!
Seed oils are the starter of everything I believe and processed foods! Ultra of course and then the sugar on top when you already are insulin resistance ! Well I started eating sourdough read again (my own) but don’t do it often just because I want to tolerate some things eat fermented vegetables! My stomach is not the best but I tried carnive and unfortunately it was the same! So it’s a lot better and I’m going there
Yes, seed oils have a clear impact, I don't think as much as insulin resistance, both are in processed foods, we have a show with Dr Knobbe about this
Don't neglect eliminating sugar. There are many things that help, but sugar elimination is key.
Suggest you boost your gut health which you allude to.
Pls describe and delineate exactly what statins include and why exactly they are problematic and in what doses? Also what to use instead??
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Look into K2 & also Berberine. There's a study on the latter demonstrating its efficacy at reducing arterial plaque
sorry doc. but when you talk about having waffle with syrup on a regular basis how could you possibly think as doctor that it won't affect your health ..(sorry I do not want to sound like vain we all have moments we do not realize the consequences ) . .I wonder if ... would you consider that eating bread by the end of the meal would make a difference as Jessie so called glucose queen suggest it together with starting your meal with greens or salad which finally affects the glucose level in the blood. so could it be that it has effect on the arteries as well??? I am not an expert but I enjoy watching videos about heath. I also think that the way we make bread these days is absolutely horrible. back in time they let the dough to ferment for 24 hours before they actually bake it. In the process of fermentation there must be something absolutely amazing going on as in Italy and Greece people's diet 50, 40 years ago there was a lot of bread and pasta and still people were living long life. but there were organic fruits and vegetable, organic meat and dairy . no preservatives, no artificial ingredients ..... and of course people were not overeating cause gluttony is a sin. religion played a role .. and also not eating all the time, these days people are snacking all the time!!!! some doctors and nutritionist spread this trend to eat 6 meals a day. that is a nonsense!!!! another thing is stress and food relation. How can anything even a light food be good for you if when you eat it you are on the run. Eating requires love..... love making your food, you need time to make it and to chew it in a pleasant atmosphere , not to be in the rush. These days lots of videos are made about health , mostly by one doctor or health practitioner or interview on the base 1 moderator to 1specialist. It would be very interesting to gather 3 or 4 specialist on one topic and let them speak and exchange their experiences, trials, as all of you doctors agree that the human body works as a complex and that many processes going on separately but simultaneously at the same time. so for example having in one room one one endocrinologist, one gastroenterologist, cardiologist and dentist or biochemist would be absolutely fantastic. I understand that requires more time and organization but the fields need to cooperate in order to evolve. All doctors can benefit from it also as we the viewers . thank you for your effort!! have a good day!
I got my first CIMT this year. I am 51 and wondering if I should get the CT Calcium score also? My score was Arterial Age 34. Thanks
I am 65. My CIMT was age 40 arteries. I did a CAC and it’s 268! Do both.
@@jft8994 Thanks for the reply
If you eat salad, you are not carnivore. You are On Keto…
Who cares?
My cardiologist started me off on a High Dose Statin. I had Adverse Effects! I wonder what my experience with a low dose would have been... If I ever recover,,, maybe I will find out. That same doctor told me CIMT was old fashioned and never done.
It happens every day
Ask your doctor how he intends to diagnose for blockage in your carotid arteries without a CIMT.
My doctor told me to take a statin and then I found another doctor
Even though I'm not diabetic I picked up a CGM. Insurance would not pay..God forbid we be proactive with our health. I guess I should wait until I am diabetic before I worry about glucose! Anyway it's interesting to see what spikes my glucose. Even a sugar free drink raised it more than I expected. These will be over the counter soon and I think everyone should at least try one just to see how their body reacts. Berberine seems to keep it lower which surprised me a bit. I'm going to try ACV as well. I've read it will keep it lower prior to meal. We'll see.
Thank you for sharing, you are exactly right, and you don't have to have diabetes, insulin resistance alone, even without glucose levels above 200, will damage your arteries and build plaque
Maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see the point in CGMs and CKMs. Seems like just another way to get money out of people,. If you need to continuously monitor your blood sugar, doesn't that mean you aren't eating right? And if you aren't eating right, you know you aren't eating right, and you already know your blood sugar is going to be all over the place. So why do you need a CGM to continuously tell you something you already know? And if you are eating right, say you're one strict keto, then your blood sugar levels will eventually stabilize in the healthy zone, so why do you need to continuously monitor that, why not just check it once or twice a day with a regular monitor like everyone else? Again, maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't get it.
@@dafringe I'll wear it for a month to educate myself on what has an effect and what doesn't To each his own but spending my money on any education is not a waste to me. One wouldn't be watching this video if one was not interested in glucose levels. Some things that had an effect is not surprising but some are. Again..to each his own.
@@whobdis77 Having said that, I just found at least one reason a CGM could come in handy. Let's say you have trouble staying asleep. It would be helpful to check the app in the morning to see what your blood sugar levels were doing through the night because blood sugar can have a negative impact on sleep. Okay, I'm satisfied... there are valid reasons for wearing a CGM.😊
@@dafringe Yea..the thing was going off at night waking me up due to low glucose. At the time I thought 'who cares..I'm sleeping...or I was was anyway'. I turned off the alerts. But your probably on to something as far as blood sugar and sleep quality. I never really looked into that..yet.
You guys works so well. It blow my mind the info you guys sharing. Thk u so much.. subd n liked kudos to your success n well organized videos n topics. ❤❤
Thank you very much!
I’ve been eating fatty foods since a kid was always average weight sometimes skinny. As an adult I ate a lot kind of let myself go for a bit but nowadays age 29 I weigh 195 mostly muscle… I’m sure my corotid artery doesn’t look well I’ve been wanting to change my diet. I’ve been doing so slowly currently trying to get the refrigerator stocked with a lot of healthy things veggies and lean meat I always try to stay away from sugar but I eat a lot of carbs like cheese burgers and fries and pizza. I have to stop eating convenient food and I have to go out of my way to consume more healthy time consuming options A lot to work on for me. Thank you for the educational video 🙏
Hamburgers are fine. ALDIs, Sam’s and I’m sure other grocers sell organic grassfed ground beef around $5/pound. On a low carb diet, it’s okay to eat fat. The keto diets are 60% fat and up. Some suggest a 1 to 1 ratio of fat to protein. Best wishes on your journey to good health! 😊
Look into carnivore way of eating - there are carnivore doctors with channels here on YT - including a cardiologist & cardiac surgeon!
Being in the hospital got me addicted to sugar again and it’s very difficult to stop now.
I’m sorry to hear that! Hospitals kill a lot of people with medications, procedures, & food!
Still learning. Day 1 no supervision following 9 yr keto after trial 2015 my Endo left then I did. Had Dexa. Pre death Dr Hallberg said my kidney numbers indicate never die kidney desease. 70 now. MRI Athlerosclerosis ribs down. Thyroidectomy then hysterectomy, 2 rounds 5 precancer polyps GI. Interest longevity but knees gone over 2 decades. Blind 50 yr Histo. Lowest carb with light resistance & PRAYER my course.
Going full on carnivore may be beneficial for you.
I didn't totally quit sugar entirely, I reduced it by 90% and I'm much healthier and slept better
I think Dr. Boz refers to that balloon as a pimple, but I like the vomit one as well
You have to eat a minimum of (300) grams of carbohydrates according to the Nutritionists & Dietitians ???
You ate Heart ❤️ Healthy oil with your waffles, salmon & salad dressing? That is a good for your heart ??
You ate the Nutritional guidelines and they almost killed you.
Nutritionists , Dieticians, the Standard American Diet, and the American Diabetics Associations are ALL wrong/misleading. 300 grams of carbs daily is AT LEAST 200 carbs too much. daily! I personally eat less than 25 carbs daily.
Your body actually requires 0 carbs to live healthy! Your body make all the glucose it needs. You do require proteins and fats or you will die.
Its time someone changed the Guidelines .
I've been experimenting with coconut milk(1/4 cup as creamer for my morning coffee). See how it goes after a couple of months. I'm 73 and eats rice almost 3 times a day, no sugar except on occasion.
what was your calcium score?
Great presentation! I am a 79 yr old male that has had a stable LDL score over the last several years but with a 2010 CAC score that has gone up 500 points per year. Based on your presentation has my heart attack risk gone down because my stable plaque is increasing?
Which kind of diet do you follow?
I would love to hear your thoughts on seed oils and some of the research that hints at a correlation with seed oil ingest and diabetes and metabolic health in general.
Read the following book. Hidden Dangers: The Truth About Seed Oils and Their Impact on Our Health, by Olivia Phillips.
You always have some great info..thanks. what are your thoughts on olive oil?
Very hard to find pure Olive oil! Most oils have other very unhealthy oils mixed in. So be very careful w olive oil. It is not 100%. There's a lot of fraud happening. Especially the imports. We get ours directly from a grower in Italy and we're still skeptical, but we use it sparingly. We use grass-fed butter, coconut oil, bacon grease, and ghee for cooking. It is expensive, but we don't buy ANY processed foods or canned. We grow our own or we buy organic. Expensive but by cutting out most fake "groceries" we make up for the difference.
My favorite EVOO is Morocco Gold, good stuff.
Sounds like you were once diabetic. Cardiorisk CIMT is only available in certain locations. Do they ever travel around? The CAC still has value since the LAD is the most vulnerable.
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Trying to incorporate more plant-based food into my diet. Still having chicken and fish and a little meat. But the million dollar question is how many grams of carbs is the limit should be taking on average?
Are organic rolled oats ok to eat ? Do they spike blood sugar?
Dr Brewer, Dr Jesus said something about switching carbohydrates to healthy fats. I have listened to Dr. Robert Lusting many times on the 7 types of fats. He teaches that Transfats are the only unhealthy fat. He also states olive oil heated to x degree of temperature turns into a transfat. He says saturated in dairy are cardio protective and saturated fat in other foods is neutral. He says the body makes saturated fat and that is why it is not essential. He says EPA and DHA are the most important fats. And we consume too much PUSFA Omega 6 and Omega 6 to 3 is too high. What are unhealthy fats according to Dr Jesus?
Is it the sugar or the fructose? Would replacing sucrose with dextrose have achieved the same result?
I think is both, sucrose might be somewhat different but not much
Dr Brewer hasn't demonstrated that quitting sugar is what reversed his arterial plaque (not in this video anyway). What I was expecting to find in this video (judging from its title), is the clinical evidence that leads him to believe that quitting sugar leads to his plaque reversal at the exclusion of the other changes he's made in his life (including the low dose rosuvastatin he's been taking for a while now).
The quality of the videos is steadily dropping and becoming click-baits. Not to mention the "eat these 7 foods, don't eat those 9" type of (regurgitated from Tik Tok) videos.
There's hardly any science left in his videos compared to 10 years ago. Remember 10 years ago he was always linking his research into the video description so it was easy for us to refer to them and read the fine prints ? No more linking to research now, because no more research.
* edit: by the way what he has measured through his CIMTs is arterial plaque "in his carotid arteries". He forgot he has arteries elsewhere in his body and the correlation is far from perfect (a CMIT I did last year revealed I had clean carotid arteries but a CTA showed a 70% blockage in my LAD). People unaware of how this actually works will believe from this video that a CMIT will tell them everything about their arterial plaque. Sadly no. This kind of shortcuts he took in his video matter and are a huge disservice to the uninformed viewers.
Great message. I would love to hear what you think about sugar & which diet is the way forward. I’m still so confused about the conflicting messages from so-called gurus
@@gazza18881967LAD?
So you think Carnivore diet is not good?
@@danpan001 I think no such thing ! What I'm saying is that I am presently lacking the actual scientific evidence necessary for me to believe that it is better than any of the other diets you see out there professed by health gurus these days. If you have it, please share the research ID(s).
LAD = Left Anterior Descending artery. One of our coronary arteries. Aka, the "widowmaker" as the majority of cardiac events are originated in this artery.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
What about the study that shows out an 8 ounces of pomegranate juice a day for a year reduced carotid artery intima thickness
I actually went through some of that, I'll be happy to put it on the calendar to cover, I think the evidence was not as strong, but I'll go through it again for a video
What do you do if you had bypass, that created stenosis. Then, eschemia. Never had a heart attack or angina. But have no real understanding where im at with risk, calcium.
Go get a CAC, it’s cheap, less than 100 bucks, you do not need a doctor referral here in the USA. Start there.
@@andrewrivera4029 Thank you
No one has clogged arteries because of bread, or any grains for that matter. It’s because of what you’re putting on the bread. Look at studies of African people that live mainly off maize and root vegetables. They don’t have heart disease at all.
Thank you for what you do what would you say the first thing to do if you had five catheterizations never a clogged artery but then I go in for a chest pain and they put a stent in what's the first step thanks
When it comes to uitting sugar, you have to have the right mindset. It is essentially a drug and should be treated as such.
How do you achieve this and not let your brain starve of its main fuel, glucose?
2 things: Glucose is made by the liver. And the brain does use ketones as well.
I am type 1 , I have been eating good for years detoxing , , and blood pressure has gone up since 2021, so much stress and PTSD , since my sister and my second son died . 😢. And a lot of other things have happened. So finally went to doctors and they put me on linsinipril, now and it’s starting to to get better
And been thin all my life and , weigh 114-116 lbs .
Oh yes and I’m 74
BMI is 18.80 don’t know if that’s good or not
I am subscribed
Thank you!
Don't be skeptical about photobiomodulation
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Could someone that is told they need a multiple bypass surgery postpone it and try to reverse arterial plaques naturally or is it too late? I feel great but after an angiogram was told i needed bypass surgery. What would happen if i didnt get the surgery and tried to change with diet alone. Life long cholesterol 450+ 43 years old.
We can't provide medical advice in youtube but I can tell you we have a lot of patients in a similar situation
I would definitely get a second opinion
My guess is that when Dr. Brewer got the CIMT results, he went drinking, that's why he's not telling us.
Constructive criticism. Dr Brewer needs to use less superfluous talk and get to the point quicker. I appreciate how Dr Vega was able to stick to the point and clarify some of Dr Brewers points. Therefore I decided to subscribe!
He's on statins which creates brain fog. Can't Dr brewer see the forest thru the trees? No statins!!!
I’m 46, never been overweight, tried carnivore for about a year. Got a CAC scan and scored an 81. I’ve done carnivore for maybe two years and now I’ve developed a xanthelasma ( according to the dermatologist) under my eye. Of course my cholesterol is high and my wife is freaking out and is mad at me and wants me to stop carnivore and eat more veggies and fruit. What do I do?!?!? And the dermatologist said my heart is going to explode🤦🏽
What kind of meat are you eating
@@WorldlyAuras-ze9yf beef fish chicken and eggs
Toji don't worry. If your wife wants a low LDL eat a lot of Oreos and it will go down and everything else will go up and you'll be in a lot of trouble. This doctor is wrong about statins. Listen to his talk with Dr CYWES who says statins are hell. don't do it
What evidence does the dermatologist have for the statement she made?
@@versewriter8123 about the xanthoma or my heart exploding?
I have to ask, what's wrong with OJ? I survived a Widow Maker 5 years ago. I'm 57 years young and made major changes and doing well. I was told by a RN that OJ helps with my Cholesterol levels. Who do we believe?
Do some research for yourself. Allopathic nurses & doctors are not trained in nutrition so the nurse, however well intentioned, was wrong in her advice.
The Harvard article shown on the show certainly does NOT support your promoting a Keto diet, that butter is good, and LDL does not matter. Quit the opposite.
Yes, that's why we mentioned, they are accepting that plaque reversal is possible, but they are still doubling down in the meditarrenan diet and low fat diet
Abilty for reversal, it goes many years back to pig, monkey, and other studies. As you always say lifestyle is key.
Hi Doc, thanks for your helpful videos. Regarding K2 I want to try to help stabilise or reverse plaque calcification, but some claim it causes blood clots and negate blood thinners. What is your view for someone on Asprin and statin, is K2 vitamin okay to take and not reverse the effect of blood thinning?
It's K1 that is involved in clotting
Please explain why carbs are the issue
Its not the carbs, its mixing of sugar and fat that leads to an unhealthy metabolic environment, which leads to high blood pressure and inflammation. Cholesterol levels certainly also play a role, but its not cholesterol doing the damage.
Yes it is an excess of carbs, they turn into sugars in your body. Lots of Doctors have videos on this subject. Your body requires 0 carbs to survive but you do require fats and proteins to live.
@@beardumaw24 Your body produce sugar from fats and protein. Blood sugar, ring a bell!? And a diet with lots of fat and protein will give you chronically worse blood sugar than a low fat, high carb diet. Also, it will make you perform worse than you would on a high carb, low fat diet. There are no high performing athletes on a low carb diet. ZERO. The ones you think of are not even close to being elite.
The disease begins with damage to the endothelial layer of the artery, the layer closest to the blood. The theory is that the damage is caused by blood glucose. Insulin hormone, from the pancreas, is responsible for producing insulin to manage blood glucose. So, there could be a strong connection between the disease and insulin resistance. Carbohydrates, simple and complex, rapidly raise blood glucose after a meal (postprandial hyperglycemia). Judging from the words of many commentators here on TH-cam, many of those who are successful reversing calcium development in the heart apply the ketogenic diet or low carb diet and some sort of reversal protocol.
@@Deffineyou say it's a mix of sugar and fat. Question: let's say I eat a fatty meal (quality fats). And 30min later I eat one kiwi (for extra nutrition etc). Is it better to have the kiwi or to rather not eat the kiwi? Thanks
Doesn’t the calcium cause stiffness in the arteries?
It might, especially in the aorta, there is no doubt that no plaque is better than having plaque, but if you already have plaque, calcified stable plaque is the safest